Its friday!

Whooo! It's Friday!  

Gonna celebrate the lovely Francesca's birthday tonight at Kabuki. A guy's gotta get his iron, vitamins and mercury in the form of sushi. Maybe even a Sake Bomber or two.
for the weekend, I thought I'd share with you guys an awesome video a friend had posted on Facebook for the the movie "See What I'm Saying" written and directed by Hilari Scarl. The video is written for the film by the rock band Powder..
    




Enjoy!

Joey

Do babies dream of battery powered blinking loud beep-beep-boo-boo sounding sheep?

This one's for my Mom cuz she knew I would,

What do babies dream of? Hayden was sound asleep then suddenly Diana hears him loudly whining. Bounding up the stairs like a sprinter she see's him with a terrified look on his face and his eyes closed clutching his "blue bear".  Hayden has had night terrors before but none like this. She picked him up and gently soothed him back asleep in the living room. Then she placed him back in the crib. Moments later she bounded back downstairs to the bathroom. I thought I heard something but it stopped, Diana came out of the bathroom "Haydens crying!" Ohhh? so now Daddy bounds up the stairs. Sure enuff once again eyes closed, face in fright and clutching his blanket. So I picked him up and he began to wake a bit.

Diana comes up, offers him a bottle. No go, rocks a bit, ok monkeypants in fully awake mode now. So we're discussing, what do babies dream of? Sour milk? Strangers?  it's an interesting topic! Eventually Hayden slept on the bed with us as he was too terrified to go back to his crib waking up each time we tried. he finally slept in his crib after multiple attempts in the middle of the nite.

What do you think babies dream of? leave a comment!

Joey

Tips for traveling: with a Monkeypants

1) Variety is the spice of life..

Without variety you would grow bored quickly.. Now imagine your 6 month old with the attention span of a Golden retriever at a dog park. Bring several toys and remember not the loudest most obnoxious ones the kid owns.. The fellow sardines err passangers will thank you. Hint: buy one new toy.. The newness will keep your sanity an extra 3 minutes

2) Prepare prepare prepare...

At the spur of the moment would you just get up decide to go climb Mt Rushmore with your kid leaving all things behind? Didn't think so, while I laughed months ago at Diana's preparation rituals when the time approached it really did make things easier.. Prepare a list in advance. My mom, I used to think she was the queen of organization, had lists for camping in copies so every time we went just took a new sheet out and checked the equiptment off as she went. All hail the Queen and Princess.

3) Entertainment

My mom said to me once, Joey you are Hayden's favorite toy.. Still holds true. Try to keep your nerves in check. The calmer you are the calmer he'll be. I'm typing a draft of this while the monkey and Momma are sleeping..

3) Southwest

Bless them and their two baggage allowance! Hayden has his own suitcase I kid you not! Diana and I share one!

4) Make the most of family time.

After all your packed in the can for a couple hours (see referrence to passangers above). Chat, play a game peekaboo works great.. Its all good and fun till someone gets hungry!

5) Milk it!

beleive it or not, Stewardesses don't often get to see Monkeypants on planes, They are magnets for positive attention. Milk it for what it's worth, an extra bag of peanuts.. sure! an blanket to keep monkeypants from imaginary chills, sure! The only reward for them is a smile from monkey pants resulting in oooh-awwww effects.

Our flight was great, hope yours will be too

Happy traveling

~Joey~

Teamwork

Woke up at 6 am this morning, 10 minutes ahead of the game (e.g.) Hayden. I'm getting good at this. While I still have my middle of the nite moments where I stumble out of bed, Hayden is the second best thing to happen to me. The first? why his mother of course!

Ah Diana, with you as someone said recently "we make a good team" even though you may be rooting for the Diamondbacks and I my beloved Soxs. For all those "middle of the nite stub my toe on the bed mutter a few choice word happenings" We always took turns there after allowing us some precious sleep to maintain our sanity. We do make a good team.

Now for further proof in concept. have you ever tried to change a diaper while simultaneously suctioning out the slimy contents of a child's runny nose? Teamwork! Have you ever, at Walmart loaded all the groceries while keeping the screeching monkey entertained longer enough to make it to the car without the stares of parents who think we must be torturing the kid? Chalk one up for teamwork!

Not that Hayden by any means is difficult. Time and time again we've been told "He's such an easy baby!, Oh he's so good always smiling". Our secret? Teamwork! We don't let him sit around
Long enough to get into his own devious self. Truth be told we love our little monkey pants with all our hearts. We put our collective efforts into making sure he's fed, happy and healthy. We make sure we as parents, our own needs and wants are met too.A date nite out or be it some time with my homeboys are a local brewpub or a ladies nite for her. These are all important parts of parenting that I feel is all to often overlooked. Thank you Dr Bill Cosby for showing me some of your secrets.

Now when the Red Sox and the Diamondbacks play each other in the world serious, Diana and I will figure it out then ;)